pixie // Oct 17, 2007 at 3:18 pm
April, where did you get that the hairdresser filed out an application and DeGeneres called to confirm it? Everywhere else I’m reading that Batkis found out about the transfer after calling DeGeneres to check on how everything was going. It didn’t really sound like DeGeneres and DeRossi were that forthcoming. And I don’t know about trusting DeGeneres’ judgment — she did date Anne Heche!
Well I can’t argue the Anne Heche thing. And I think we’re all shocked to learn that Ellen has a hair dresser.
In any case, the hairdresser (a woman named Cheryl) called K-RTH 101 this morning.
She said she emailed Mutts and Moms, and told them she had possession of the dog. They responded very angrily and insisted she give the dog back to them. They exchanged several emails along those lines, until they agreed to allow her to fill out an application.
After they reviewed it, they wanted to do a home inspection to make sure it all checked out (talk about not being forthcoming; they actually lied about the intent of their visit). Cheryl agreed immediately, because she was confident they would be satisfied with the environment she was providing.
The moment they came in the house, they physically grabbed the dog and would not put him down. They ripped the collar off of him that had the family’s address on it, and said, “This is our dog!”. They held him for three hours like that, and wouldn’t allow him to have water or go to the bathroom.
Both parties called the police. Animal control was also called. But since Mutts and Moms never transfered ownership of the dog to Ellen (which they were required by their own contract to do after accepting her “donation”), the information on the microchip still showed them as the legal owners. The police had no recourse but to let them take the dog.
Ellen talked to Ryan Seacrest this morning, and told him there was absolutely no age provision in the contract, and that she never had to fill out an application or have a home inspection.
Mutts and Moms has twisted the knife a little further this afternoon by releasing a statement saying they have already given the dog away (wow, that was an extensive background check, huh?) and that they are relieved Iggy is “finally, in a safe home.”
21 responses so far ↓
1 esmeralda // Oct 17, 2007 at 6:16 pm
This Marina chick has a screw loose. Speaking for hairdressers we make great animal parents, but folks this is a dog, not the heir to the throne!
2 Rogue of the Celestial Night // Oct 17, 2007 at 6:33 pm
See, if that was my dog, I would have beat them down and called the cops saying they tried to steal my dog.
No one touches my dog…NO ONE!!!
3 JohnnyBoy // Oct 17, 2007 at 6:50 pm
“Holy Batkis, Batman”
Speaking of which, Burt Ward runs a Great Dane rescue out your way, when I spoke to him, he didn’t know of anything on the East Coast, but his operation gives every appearance of being topnotch.
Anyone have any actual experience?
4 jandu // Oct 17, 2007 at 6:52 pm
I got my ex-wife at a Great Dane shelter. I dropped that shit OFF late one night. Fuck that
5 JohnnyBoy // Oct 17, 2007 at 6:59 pm
meh
6 Gina // Oct 17, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Obviously this is a racial thing.
7 JohnnyBoy // Oct 17, 2007 at 7:53 pm
It might be Racial, though it could be Monica or Phoebe
8 April // Oct 17, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Johnny - my sister got a Great Dane from Burt Ward’s rescue. I drove her out there to get him. They sort of misrepresented a medical problem he had, so it wasn’t the best experience for her. He was a great dog though.
9 JohnnyBoy // Oct 17, 2007 at 8:00 pm
He almost sold me on a Dane/Mastiff mix…..was sorely tempted to drive out there
Bummer about hiding the medical issue,it’s not right not to be upfornt about such things, but sounds like it allworked out for the best
I love my Newfoundlands but I do sorely miss the Danes
10 clevelandphil // Oct 17, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Burt Ward’s dog rescue—-HOLY SHITZU!
11 Andre // Oct 17, 2007 at 11:06 pm
I blame global warming.
12 JohnnyBoy // Oct 18, 2007 at 6:06 am
It’s the doghouse effect
13 Merujo // Oct 18, 2007 at 6:17 am
The problem I have with Ellen in this situation is that she decided, rather than work this out locally, to sob to the entire nation on her high-rated talk show. Now, from reading the crazy-ass comments that Rosie gets on her freaky website, I think we’re all aware that America’s favorite lesbian talk show hosts have a lot of unhinged fans. And related an emotionally charged (potentially legal) situation to a nation of unhinged late night lonely QVC shoppers is stupid. Because some of them will do things like make death threats.
And no matter how obnoxious folks might find the behavior of the the rescue operators, death threats are taking things way too far. And if I got threatening phone calls and e-mails suggesting I was going to die, I would probably sob as I evaded the tabloid TV reporters, too.
Taking this matter to a kooky national TV fanbase was an overreaction. And that *was* Ellen using her celebrity to sway anyone she could to her case, not making a plea to the rescue shelter. I’m not saying which side is right because I’m not privy to all the details. I doubt any of us are, but, jesus, this just unleashed the fruitcakes.
14 Merujo // Oct 18, 2007 at 6:19 am
Sorry - that should have read “And relatING an emotionally charged… blah blah…” Percocet and coffee = not good for my editing skills.
15 JohnnyBoy // Oct 18, 2007 at 7:39 am
April, is it possible to add an EDIT feature so that someone can edit their own comments?
I’d prefer to look like an idiot because of what I say, instead of stupid tpyos doing it for me !
16 John Foley // Oct 18, 2007 at 8:34 am
Marty Rossen: And how are you getting along with these fine people?
Walt Price: Like dykes and dogs.
(From the 2000 movie “State and Main”)
17 JohnnyBoy // Oct 18, 2007 at 8:40 am
Wow, that brings back memories ! We used to play Advanced Dykes & Dogs…….I was a Level 17 Lesbo-Mange
18 Stretch // Oct 18, 2007 at 10:50 am
Muffs and Moms
Lots of muffs - not so many Moms
19 Hamilton // Oct 18, 2007 at 9:35 pm
This story is funnier than anything Britney’s done all year!
Team Sodium Pentobarbital!
20 Pookie // Oct 22, 2007 at 4:36 pm
What I would love is if the Mutt people would sue Ellen. Are they suing her? No? Hmm… I wonder why?
21 inerror // Jan 24, 2008 at 8:40 pm
What kind of a monstrosity of canine miscegenation is that pictured with April? A Chihuahua - Bull Mastiff hybrid? Pit bull - Rat Terrier? Great Dane - Pomeranian?
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